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Snipaste like Painter - Area Selection

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#1,498 opened on Mar 20, 2021

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Description

Is your feature request related to a problem? No

The painter tool is only able to highlight a small horizontal bar. For my display, it is always only 1/4 of the line-height... I think it'd be nice if we can click on one area and stop in another area like the box tool with fill the background with some color.

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Research direction
Implement a rectangular area selection tool on the canvas, handling mouse press, move, and release events to draw a filled rectangle. Study the existing painter tool's code structure to integrate the new selection mode.
Tech stack
cpp
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-2 days
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Active
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
Clear
Prerequisites
C++Qt
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
35